CYLCH MEITHRIN FFYNNONWEN

Registered charity 1064461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

To offer every pre-school child in our catchment area the opportunity to benefit from early years education experience through the medium of the Welsh language

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE FFYNNONWEN

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Carmarthenshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£93k

Latest spending

£116k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has moved from a positive fund balance of £16,487 to a net liability position of £13,648 due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that bank reserves were used to maintain consistent pricing and have scheduled a price increase for April 2025 to cover rising costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or trustee remuneration.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-14k)

“The charity, in attempt to keep prices consistent has meant that bank reserves have been used.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The charity, in attempt to keep prices consistent has meant that bank reserves have been used. A price increased has been scheduled for April 2025 to cover increasing costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW); Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education); Estyn: Her Majesty's Inspectorate For Education And Training In Wales. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Carris Davies
Mari Brame · trustee of 1 other charity
Megan Rose Williams
Rachel Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Carmarthenshire · Ceredigion · Pembrokeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	—	—
31/03/2024	£93k	£116k
31/03/2023	£113k	£110k
31/03/2022	£71k	£60k
31/03/2021	£53k	£40k

Common questions

Is CYLCH MEITHRIN FFYNNONWEN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has moved from a positive fund balance of £16,487 to a net liability position of £13,648 due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that bank reserves were used to maintain consistent pricing and have scheduled a price increase for April 2025 to cover rising costs. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed trading subsidiaries or trustee remuneration. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/08/2015	£2k	Nature Detectives/Ditectif Natur
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/01/2014	£858	keeping up with the times
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/11/2011	£560	Quality quiet time
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2010	£1k	'Outdoor play' / 'Chwarae allan'
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2008	£2k	Right Start

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE OAKDALE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CYLCH MEITHRIN CWMNEDD.

CYLCH MEITHRIN CWMNEDD income £100k
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTLLANFRAITH income £37k
CYLCH MEITHRIN CWM GWYDDON income £46k
CYLCH MEITHRIN Y DRENEWYDD income £235k
CYLCH MEITHRIN PENLLWYN income £82k
CYLCH MEITHRIN LLANGYNNWR income £50k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CYLCH MEITHRIN FFYNNONWEN	£93k	—	below	—	noted
CYLCH MEITHRIN CWMNEDD FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	noted
CYLCH MEITHRIN PONTLLANFRAITH FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN CWM GWYDDON FY2025	£46k	—	within	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN Y DRENEWYDD FY2025	£235k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CYLCH MEITHRIN PENLLWYN FY2025	£82k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.